It's done: for the first time, the world has a truly universal agreement on climate change. It's not perfect, but the agreement will boost the momentum to modernise and clean up economies. Read the Institute's final assessment here.

This page contains analysis, live reporting and graphics from The Climate Institute spanning the lead up to the negotiations, and the two weeks that led to the agreement in Paris.

For daily updates from Paris, see this blog roll by Deputy CEO Erwin Jackson, who was in Paris. For wrap up commentary on what the agreement means, see this op-ed by CEO John Connor.

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Read our FAQs on the international climate negotiations and implications for Australia.

Check out our interactive Global Climate Action Map to see what countries are doing, across numerous climate and clean energy policy areas. We are providing a monthly update as countries put forward their post-2020 pollution targets ahead of the Paris talks.